Associations between specific serum IgE response and 6 variants within the genes IL4, IL13, and IL4RA in German children: The German Multicenter Atopy Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-495

  Liu, Xin ^a   Beaty, Terri H ^a   Deindl, Philipp ^b   Huang, Shau Ku ^c   Lau, Susanne ^b   Sommerfeld, Christine ^b   Fallin, M Daniele ^a   Kao, W H Linda ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^b   Nickel, Renate ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IL13; IL4; IL4RA; Sensitization; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 12144288810     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.12.037     Document Type: Article

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